KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Kansas City Chiefs have acquired edge rusher Emmanuel Ogbah from Cleveland in a swap for safety Eric Murray, who was originally drafted by current Browns general manager John Dorsey.
Ogbah did not report for the start of the Browns’ offseason program Monday, a sign that a trade was in the works. The 25-year-old defensive end was picked 32nd overall in the 2016 draft, and he had 12 1/2 sacks while starting all 40 games he played over the past three seasons.
He had three sacks and 40 tackles in 14 games last season.
The Chiefs have been adding edge rushers that fit into new defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo’s 4-3 scheme while jettisoning pieces that no longer fit. Murray, who was picked by Dorsey for the Chiefs in 2016, became expendable when they signed free agent safety Tyrann Mathieu.
He started nine games and appeared in 15 last season, making 43 tackles and an interception.
LILBURN, Ga. – A historic season for the Fort Hays State women’s basketball team set another milestone over the weekend as the Tigers were ranked fifth in the final WBCA Coaches Poll, the highest ranking to conclude a season in the programs’ NCAA Division II era.
It is the third time the Tigers have been ranked in the final Top 25 poll. Fort Hays State wrapped up the 2014-15 season ranked eighth in the nation and came in at No. 24 following the 2015-16 season.
The Tigers are the lone MIAA program recognized in the final national poll.
Fort Hays State wrapped up the season with a 32-2 record, the second-most wins in program history and the most since FHSU moved to the NCAA. The Tigers lost just one game in the regular season, the fewest in program history.
The Tigers knocked down a program-record 223 three-pointers this season while scoring 2,607 points throughout the year, second-most in team history.
Fort Hays State won 18 games at home this season, matching the program record. They won 25 straight inside Gross Memorial Coliseum going back to 2017-18, also tied for the longest stretch in team history.
HAYS, Kan. – The Fort Hays State baseball team dropped a pair of games to Lindenwood Sunday afternoon at Larks Park. The Tigers were overpowered by the Lions pitching in both contests, falling 13-1 in the opener before taking a 16-3 loss in the nightcap. The Tigers (3-23, 2-15 MIAA) and Lions (16-15, 10-7 MIAA) will wrap up the series Monday beginning at 1 p.m.
Game One: Lindenwood 13, Fort Hays State 1
The Tigers could only muster five hits in the opener. Landon Erway and Jared Haynes tallied two hits each, while Ryan Grasser earned the other hit and the lone RBI. Ryan Ruder (1-5) started on the mound and allowed eight runs (six earned) on 10 hits, striking out two and walking one in 4.0 innings of work. Chase Werth came on in relief but was tagged for five runs (four earned) in two innings. Jake Vieira tossed a scoreless frame in the seventh, while earning one strikeout.
Game Two: Lindenwood 16, Fort Hays State 3
In the nightcap, Tiger starter Ethan Booe tossed 6.0 innings, allowing two runs (one earned) on seven hits while striking out one and walking four batters. Ryan Brown was tapped for six runs (five earned) in 0.2 of the seventh frame before Tanner Smith came on in relief to get the final out of the inning. Wyatt Schumacher tossed one inning, while giving up two runs on one hit and one walk.
The Lions built their 9-0 lead heading into the home half of the seventh with a seven-run frame. LWU posted a three-run home run, a two RBI triple, and earned three runs on two Tiger miscues.
The Tiger bats fared better in the second game, as they were able to post eight hits. Tyler Olson picked up his fifth multi-hit bid of the season while Grasser, Haynes, Jared Maneth and Cody Starkel each earned a hit in the contest. Kyler Cox and Taylan Mullins-Ohm produced key pinch-hit singles that led to Haynes finding the center field wall for a two-out 2 RBI double in the eighth inning.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Lucas Giolito has mastered the Kansas City Royals, a trend that continued Sunday.
The rest of the major leagues? The Chicago White Sox hope the 6-foot-6 right-hander is ready to dominate there, too.
Giolito took a no-hit bid into the seventh inning in his first start of the season, and the White Sox beat the Royals 6-3 on Sunday to avoid a three-game sweep in the season-opening series.
“It feels good to start off on a good note,” Giolito said. “Throughout my whole career, I’ve always had my not as good starts earlier in the year, and I wanted to change that this year.”
Giolito (1-0) walked Whit Merrifield on four pitches to begin the game, but then retired 19 straight before Alex Gordon’s single with one out in the seventh. Gordon fouled off four consecutive pitches before lining a curveball into center field.
“Besides that curveball, he was pretty much on all day,” Gordon said. “Like I say, give him credit. It was a good at-bat, but he had a great game.”
Giolito couldn’t finish the inning. Ryan O’Hearn drove in Gordon with a double into the right field corner, and Lucas Duda chased Giolito with an RBI single. Giolito was charged with two runs in 6 2/3 innings, allowing three hits and a walk with eight strikeouts. He threw 99 pitches.
Giolito was 10-13 with a 6.13 ERA in 2018 and led the AL in walks (90) and the majors in earned runs allowed (118). In seven starts against the Royals in his career, Giolito is 4-0 with a 2.40 ERA. In 14 starts against the other AL Central teams, Giolito has a 5.62 ERA.
“He was attacking the strike zone,” White Sox manager Rick Renteria said. “Breaking ball was working well, he was commanding his fastball, probably tired a little bit there at the end, but really did a really nice job.”
Ryan Burr got the final out of the seventh to end the threat.
Yonder Alonso preserved the no-hitter with a diving stop in the sixth, and he and Jose Abreu homered on consecutive pitches in the fourth off starter Jorge Lopez (0-1).
Alex Colome pitched a perfect ninth for his first save.
Alonso had two hits and three RBIs. Four other White Sox had two hits in the game, including Abreu.
Alonso also robbed Billy Hamilton of a hit by diving down the first base line to snag a line drive in the sixth.
Lopez and reliever Tim Hill combined to walk three straight during the sixth inning, resulting in two runs. Lopez allowed four runs in five-plus innings.
Royals right-handers Kyle Zimmer and Chris Ellis made their major league debuts. Zimmer threw a scoreless eighth inning, surrendering a single and striking out two.
The fifth overall pick in the 2012 draft, Zimmer spent six seasons in the minor leagues and spent last year way from the organization while working on his mechanics at the Driveline baseball facility in Seattle.
“This is just the first of hopefully many outings. Hopefully the first of many zeros,” Zimmer said.
“We’re just scratching the surface,” Yost said. “This is nothing. He’s got the ability to put together a nice run this year and establish himself as a major leaguer. That’s what he’s got to do now.”
Ellis matched Zimmer with a scoreless ninth, giving up two singles and a walk in the inning after retiring the first two batters he faced.
TRAINER’S ROOM
White Sox: OF Jon Jay (right hip strain) will have his hip reevaluated when the team gets back to Chicago later this week, and RHP Ian Hamilton is throwing as he continues to work his way back from right shoulder inflammation. Renteria said both players, who have been on the 10-day injured list since March 25, are improving each day.
UP NEXT
White Sox: Ivan Nova makes his first start Monday as a member of the White Sox as Chicago travels to Cleveland for a two-game series.
Royals: Brad Keller will make his second start of the season Tuesday against the Twins. Keller has pitched 41 consecutive innings without allowing a home run, dating to Aug. 31. It’s the longest active streak in the AL and the second-longest streak in the majors.
McPHERSON, Kan.-A year ago at this time Caroline Robben was playing middle school soccer and leading her team to an undefeated season. In 2019 the freshman has changed uniforms and is helping the Hays High Lady Indians soccer team off to a strong start. Friday night in McPherson she continued her hot start against Andover Central in the 3rd place game of the McPherson Invitational.
The two teams played to a scoreless tie in the first half and it looked like a game that was destined for overtime. Enter Robben. In the 76th minute she wound up from 35 yards out and sent a shot on the line that found the upper right corner of the net to put Hays High up 1-0.
Andover Central would have a great chance to tie late but Isabel Robben made a lunging save to keep the ball out of the net and defender Sophie Humphrey was right where she needed to be to clear the loose ball away from the goal. The Jaguars would not threaten again as Hays picked up the 1-0 win to finish third.
Caroline and Isabel were both named to the all tournament team. The Lady Indians improve to 3-1 on the season and will travel to Dodge City on Tuesday to open up Western Athletic Conference play.
GREAT BEND, Kan. – The Hays High girls’ swim team turned in some solid performances Thursday at the Great Bend Triangular. Competing against Great Bend and Campus in their second meet of the season
Freshman Hannah Durham competes in the 100 yd backstroke (Photo courtesy of Jeff Flavin)
, the 200 Medley finished 5th overall with a time of 2:31.50. In the 50 yard Freestyle junior Megan Flavin came in 3rd overall with a time of 28.43, just a .1 away from state consideration. Megan Flavin turned in another dominant performance in the 100 yard Butterfly with a time of 1:16.82, coming in 2nd by just a .2 second off the leader from Great Bend.
Freshman Sophia Durham and sophomore Siera Smith both had solid performances in the 100 yards freestyle and also helped the 200 yard freestyle relay team by shaving off 15 seconds from their previous mark this season to 2:05.97, just 6 seconds off state consideration.
To end the day sophomore Katie Christen held on for seventh in the 100 yard backstroke with a time of 1:32.09. Senior Myranda Berner led the way in the 100 yard breaststroke with a solid time of 1:39.70.
HAYS, Kan. – The Hays High baseball team is 4-0 after a pair of run-rule wins over Russell/Victoria Thursday in their home opener. The Indians won the first game 16-1 in four innings then took the night cap 12-2 in five innings.
Palmer Hutchison gave up one hit over three innings for the win in game one. Hutchison struck out five without allowing a walk.
Willie Sennett, Brock Lummus and Brandon Hoffman all drove in three.
Cody Peterson allowed two runs on six hits with four strikeouts and a walk over four innings for the win in game two. Brock Lummus, Dylan Dreiling, Dom Bainter and Trey Riggs all drove in two runs.
The Indians are back in action Monday against Washburn Rural.
McPHERSON, Kan.-Maize South scored with just under two minutes remaining in overtime to take a 2-1 win over Hays High in the semifinals of the McPherson Invitational Soccer Tournament. The two teams battled all night long in the cold and the wind.
Maize South scored the first goal of the game with only 37 seconds remaining in the first half and led 1-0 at halftime. The Lady Indians would take only 25 seconds of the second half to score the equalizer as Caroline Robben found an opening to score her third goal of the season. Both teams would have opportunities throughout the remainder of regulation but could not capitalize.
The Mavericks scored the game winner off of a free kick just outside of the goalie box, the result of what was a questionable foul call against Hays High. The Lady Indians will face Andover Central, a 2-1 loser to McPherson, in the 3rd Place game at 6pm on Friday.
HAYS, Kan. – The TMP-Marian softball team evened their record at 3-3 with a pair of run-rule wins over Holcomb Thursday at the TMP Field. The Monarchs took game one 12-1 in six innings then won 15-0 in three innings in the second game.
Kyleigh Allen pitched both games and allowed one run on two hits with 15 combined strikeouts and three walks. Allen struck out 10 in the opener.
Emilee Augustine drove in three while Allen and Sophia Coulter each knocked home two in the first game. Emma Pope had four RBIs and Emily Schulte three in the second game.
TMP-Marian plays a doubleheader at Abilene Friday.
HAYS, Kan. – The Fort Hays State men’s track and field team claimed four individual first place finishes in their lone home meet of the season, the Alex Francis Classic. The event, which was moved up one day due to impending weather, was held in Hays and was the second outdoor meet of the season for the men.
Courtesy FHSU Athletics / Allie Schweizer
On the day, five Tigers finished in the top position in their events. Philip Landrum, who is coming off his indoor nationals appearance, finished in first in the 200-meters with a time of 21.37. In the 800-meters, Brett Meyer earned the top spot with a time of 1:54.24. In three field events the Tigers earned their high finish. Kolt Newell won his second-straight high jump event with a height of 6 feet, 6 ¾ inches. Cameron Fouts rounded out the top finishes for FHSU with his winning javelin throw of 184 feet, 9 inches.
Besides the first place finishes, the Tigers held their own on their home track as many ran away with top-ten finishes. In the 200-meters, Malcom Gardner finishes in the runner up position at 21.51, followed in fourth place by Brayden Soza at 22.25. Shane Finegan claimed ninth in the 400-meters with a time of 52.89, and Alex Barbosa finished in eighth place in the 800-meters at 1:59.91. Barbosa also earned a fifth place finish in the 1,500-meters with his time of 4:10.10.
In the 5,000-meters, Layton Werth ended in third place at 15:14.60, with Reed Rome coming in fourth (15:19.58), Israel Barco in sixth (15:38.35) and Kaleb Crum in ninth place (15:59.05). Sabino Medrano earned a fifth place finish in the 110-meter hurdles at 15.53 and Matthew Pieper finish in the top ten in tenth place at 16.40. In the extended version of the hurdles in the 400-meters, Pieper finished in fourth with a time of 58.23, followed by Medrano in fifth place with his time of 1:01.27.
Robert Loeffler earned a fourth place finish in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with his mark of 10:18.62, as Peter Franklin earned fifth at 10:21.34 and Christopher Nemechek finishing in seventh with a time of 10:51.92. In relay runs, the quad of Soza, Landrum, Gardner and Adrian Soto finished in second place in the 4×100 with a time of 42.72. Four groups finished in the top-ten in the 4×400 version of the relays, including a second place finish by Gardner, Soto, Pieper and Jake Faerber with a time of 3:30.22.
Moving to field events, the Tigers were able to earn strong finishes throughout the remainder of the events. In the high jump, Lucas Broxterman finished in second place with his mark of 6 feet, 2 ¾ inches and Blayne Godshall earned a sixth place finish at 5 feet, 10 ¾ inches. In the pole vault, four Tigers placed well, led by Mark Faber in second at 15 feet, 3 inches. Ryan Stanley came in fourth (14 feet, 9 inches), Jonathan Ball in sixth (14 feet, 3 ¼ inches) and Brandon Ball (13 feet, 9 ¼ inches) all achieved strong marks at home.
Broxterman added a ninth place finish in the long jump to his day after jumping a mark of 21 feet, 9 ½ inches. In the shot put, Gilbert Peters earned fifth place with a throw of 48 feet, 10 ¾ inches and Sam Garrison finished in sixth with his 48 feet, 4 inch performance. Peters added a fifth place finish in the discus with a throw of 149 feet, 10 inches, followed by Jacob Gaughan in seventh with a throw of 146 feet, 5 inches and Sam Garrison in ninth at 135 feet, 11 inches.
Rounding out the day for the Tigers was an eighth place finish in the hammer throw for Hunter DeGarmo with a distance of 152 feet, 2 inches, and a sixth place finish in the javelin by Trey Teeter with a throw of 162 feet, 4 inches.
The Tigers are back in action next Saturday (April 6) as they travel west to compete in the Colorado Invitational in Boulder, Colo.
The Tiger women capture three first place finishes
In their lone home meet of the season, the Fort Hays State women’s track and field team boasted a strong performance at the Alex Francis Classic. The event, which was moved up one day due to impending weather, was the second outdoor meet for the Tigers on the season.
Yessenia Gonzales captured first place in the 5,000-meters with a time of 18:37.37. Two Tigers claimed first in field events, with Summer Kragel earning the top finish in the high jump at 5 feet, 3 inches and Alexcia Deutscher in the javelin with her provisional and winning throw of 146 feet, 3 inches.
A handful of other Tigers performed strong on the day, finishing in the top-ten in a majority of the events. In the 100-meters, four FHSU athletes placed strong with Lindsay Shupe leading the way in second place at 12.19, Lyric Holman coming in third at 12.49, Bree Hysaw clocking in fourth at 12.54 and Peri Lange crossing the line in sixth place with a time of 12.95. Shupe, Holman and Hysaw also placed in the 200-meters, coming in second (25.50), eighth (26.55) and tenth (27.26).
Lucy Giles finished in eighth place in the 400-meters with a time of 1:04.28, and Grace Buessing placed third in the 800-meters at 2:24.45, followed closely behind by Averi Wilson in sixth with a time of 2:36.28. Wilson also placed in the 1,500-meters coming in fourth at 5:17.03.
Abigail Stewart earned a runner-up finish in the 5,000-meters with her time of 19:25.47, with Tessa Durnell clocking in fourth place at 19:49.87. In the 100-meter hurdles, Haley George captured a seventh place finish with her time of 16.32. In the longer, 400-meter hurdles, Lange finished in the runner-up position with a time of 1:07.51. Courtney Batchman finished the event in eighth place at 1:12.99 followed behind by George in ninth place at 1:18.47.
In the 3,000-meter steeplechase, Rylea Oliver finished in second place at 12:47.26 and Carson Pierce clocked a third place time of 13:01.20. Three 4×400 relay teams finished in the top-five, with the quad of Holman, Hysaw, Abby Burton and Shupe coming in second with a time of 4:17.91.
Moving to field events, Cheyenne Nickelson earned a fourth place finish in the pole vault with a jump of 9 feet, 6 ¼ inches. Haley Jones finished in third place in the high jump at 5 feet, 1 inch, with Robin Ritsema coming in third as well at the same height. In the long jump, Kayla Smith earned fifth place at 18 feet, ¼ inches and Rohey Singhateh finished in seventh with a jump of 17 feet, 9 ¾ inches. Singhateh claimed second in the triple jump, earning a distance of 38 feet, 5 ½ inches. Smith followed Singhateh by coming in fourth with her jump of 37 feet, 1/5 inches.
In the discus, Laurel Haley finished in sixth place at 128 feet, ½ inches and Logan Batchman earned ninth at 110 feet, 11 inches. Julia Wagner earned fifth place in the hammer throw with her attempt of 152 feet, 10 inches. In the javelin, two other Tigers finished behind Deutscher as Kalynn Foster earned second place at 123 feet 9 inches and Kaci Vaughan captured fourth place at 114 feet, 3 inches.
The Tigers are back in action next Saturday (April 6) as they travel west to compete in the Colorado Invitational in Boulder, Colo.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Brad Keller pitched two-hit ball over seven shutout innings, Adalberto Mondesi tripled twice and the Kansas Royals beat the Chicago White Sox 5-3 on Thursday after the start of their season opener was delayed nearly two hours by rain.
Eloy Jimenez went 0 for 3 with an RBI in his major league debut for Chicago after signing a $43 million, six-year contract – a record high for a player under club control yet to appear in a big league game. The 22-year-old outfielder was nicked on the left toe by a pitch with the bases loaded in the ninth.
Jorge Soler drove in two runs and Whit Merrifield scored twice for the Royals. Merrifield extended his hitting streak to 21 games dating to last season and stole two bases – he led the majors with 45 steals a year ago.
Keller (1-0) struck out five and walked one to help the Royals improve to 18-33 on opening day. Brad Boxberger got one out for a save in his Kansas City debut.
Mondesi joined Tony Pena (2007) as the only Royals players to hit two triples in a season opener.
Carlos Rodon (0-1) started for the White Sox and was charged with three runs – two earned – and three hits in 5 1/3 innings. He struck out six and walked one.
Chicago won 14-7 in Kansas City in on opening day last year.
HAYS, Kan. – Tyler Olson had three hits and Marcus Altman drove in three runs to lead the Fort Hays State baseball team’s 14-hit explosion in an 8-4 win over Northwestern Oklahoma State Wednesday afternoon at Larks Park. The Tigers improved to 3-21 overall with the win while the Rangers dropped to 17-13 on the season.
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Game Highlights
Olson went 3-for-4 at the plate, scoring two runs and adding his fourth RBI of the season. Altman belted his first home run of the season, scoring two runs and producing three RBI. Dawson Sramek and Ryan Grasser also earned multi-hit bids on the afternoon.
FHSU starter Jake Taylor tossed 5.1 innings, allowing four runs, seven hits and walking two batters. Taylor also stuck out two Ranger hitters. Ryan Brown (1-0) came on in relief and earned the victory with a scoreless 3.2 innings of work, allowing only one hit and striking out three hitters.
Northwestern Oklahoma State grabbed a 3-0 lead in the top of the second inning after poking an RBI double and a 2-run blast to left field. The Tigers were able to get a run back in the home half when Marcus McDaniel ripped an RBI single through the right side of the infield, scoring Olson from second base.
The Tigers scored three runs with two outs in the third to take a 4-3 lead. Ryan Grasser started the rally with a two-out walk. Jared Haynes pushed Grasser to second with a single to left. Altman followed with a two-run double to center field. Altman then scored when Olson placed a ball through the left side of the infield.
NWOSU tied the game 4-4 with a run in the top of the sixth only to see the Tigers answer with two in the bottom of the inning. Altman homered to left field wall for his first home run of the season. Jordan Wilkerson reached on an error which scored Marcus McDaniel who reached on an infield single
The Tigers added two insurance runs in the eighth after Wilkerson earned an RBI single through the left side and Grasser was beaned by pitch with the bases loaded.
FHSU will be back in action this weekend when they take on Lindenwood for the first MIAA series in Hays. The Tigers and Lions will play single games Saturday, Sunday and Monday at Larks Park all starting at 1 p.m.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – After taking home the individual title at the Rockhurst Invitational, Senior Hannah Perkins has been named MIAA Women’s Golf Co-Athlete of the Week, sharing the award with Missouri Western’s Shi Qing Ong. It is the fifth time in her career that Perkins has earned the honor.
The senior won her third tournament of her career at Crestview Country Club in Wichita, Kan. Perkins fired identical rounds of 78 to finish with a six-stroke margin of victory for a total of 156. It is her fourth top-5 finish of the season and third top-3 finish of her senior campaign. A native of Wichita, Perkins helped the Tigers to a runner-up finish in the event.
